It is true that people in modern world nowadays tend to stay by their own or in nuclear families. From my perspective, this phenomenon has both advantage and drawbacks.
On the one hand, the raise of smaller households is advantageous due to several reasons. Firstly, in individual scale, people who live alone will be more mature, independent and self-reliant compared to those who stay with family members. Because of the self-catering life, they have more opportunities to expose to the outside society and gain various soft-skills throughout real experiences in different situations. For example, students who live in campus have to do household chores by themselves and learn to manage their budget which are all valuable life skills. Secondly, in economic scale, this trend is a perfect adaptation to the shortage of accommodations in mega cities. The migration of people from rural to urban areas burden on the household stocks which has been an unsolvable problem in cities. If they do not want to endure squalid housing condition, therefore, it is obviously necessary to live alone or in small groups.
On the other hand, there are negative aspects of this trend. With the mass population shift to big cities, ties of kinship are broken as the extended family in countryside is broken up. As a result, reunions will take place only occasionally and the family budget can not be shared with other inmates living under the same roof. For instance, grandparents can support with children-carring, cooking and household expenditure which will help young parents save time and money to balance between work and house. Furthermore, people who live alone may experience the feeling of loneliness, worry and isolation. They miss out the daily conservation between family members and lack of emotional support which is essential especially in stressful period.
In conclusion, I think that positive and negative impacts of the increase in the number of small households are equal due to both individual and social reasons.
It is true that
people
in modern world nowadays tend to stay by their
own
or in nuclear
families
. From my perspective, this phenomenon has both advantage and drawbacks.
On the one hand, the raise of smaller
households
is advantageous due to several reasons.
Firstly
, in individual scale,
people
who
live
alone will be more mature, independent and self-reliant compared to those
who
stay with
family
members.
Because
of the self-catering life, they have more opportunities to expose to the outside society and gain various soft-
skills
throughout real experiences in
different
situations.
For example
, students
who
live
in campus
have to
do
household
chores by themselves and learn to manage their budget which are all valuable life
skills
.
Secondly
, in economic scale, this trend is a perfect adaptation to the shortage of accommodations in mega cities. The migration of
people
from rural to urban areas burden on the
household
stocks which has been an unsolvable problem in cities. If they do not want to endure squalid housing condition,
therefore
, it is
obviously
necessary to
live
alone or in
small
groups.
On the other hand
, there are
negative
aspects of this trend. With the mass population shift to
big
cities, ties of kinship
are broken
as the extended
family
in countryside
is broken
up.
As a result
, reunions will take place
only
occasionally
and the
family
budget can not
be shared
with other inmates living under the same roof.
For instance
, grandparents can support with
children-carring
, cooking and
household
expenditure which will
help
young parents save time and money to balance between work and
house
.
Furthermore
,
people
who
live
alone may experience the feeling of loneliness, worry and isolation. They miss out the daily conservation between
family
members and lack of emotional support which is essential
especially
in stressful period.
In conclusion
, I
think
that
positive
and
negative
impacts of the increase in the number of
small
households
are equal due to both individual and social reasons.